How to add a region to a PDF or an image
Prerequisites
You must have a role of contributor or higher.
To add a region when viewing an image or PDF document:
Add a region containing a link to a URL
- Click the icon in the document toolbar.
- Click and hold your mouse on the position in the image or PDF where you want to start your region then drag to the needed size.
- Release the mouse and the link dialog displays.
- Enter a URL or start typing to search existing URLs.
- Click the icon to the right of the field if you want to edit your URL.
- Press Enter or click a URL from the existing list to select it. The URL and associated metadata displays.
- You can click the URL to go to the page.
- You can edit the Text field –this text displays as the link title in the document.
- Click a label to add it to the link. If no existing labels, click the icon to add a custom label to the link – type a name for the label.
- Click Save – clicking Save automatically saves the link to the URL and also saves the URL and it’s associated metadata in a PageSeeder document.
- You can now hold the cursor over the region and see the URL title.
Add a region containing an xref
- Click the icon in the document toolbar.
- Click and hold your mouse on the position in the image or PDF where you want to start your region then drag to the needed size.
- Release the mouse and the xref dialog displays.
- Follow steps 2 onwards in how to create an xref in a document.
- You can now hold the cursor over the region and see the link title.
Add a region with a comment
- Click the icon in the document toolbar.
- Click and hold your mouse on the position in the image or PDF where you want to start your region then drag to the needed size.
- Release the mouse and the comment dialog displays.
- Follow steps 3 onwards in how to post a comment on a document.
- You can now hold the cursor over the region and see the comment title.
When a comment has been created, a red icon displays to the top right of the PDF page.
If the comment has been made into a task, a task icon displays to the top right of the page.
Archive a region
- Click the icon to the right of any region with a link, xref or comment.